A large minke whale has passed away at a Spanish port after becoming trapped and crashing into the dock. The common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) died at Combarro Port in…
Marine scientists have revealed how they can track whale movement through the ocean using spare fibre optic cables to eavesdrop on them. Individual hydrophones, or underwater microphones, had previously been…
These images show an endangered mother whale that has been tangled up in rope for months that has given birth to a new calf seen here swimming alongside her in…
These shocking images show a 32-foot whale carcass that was found wedged on the bow of a Japanese tanker as it pulled into harbour. The images were captured in the…
Researchers in Egypt have found the fossilised remains of a ferocious 43 million-year-old four-legged whale which had a mouth like a crocodile and is believed to have dominated both land…
These images show how Argentine locals defy officials that warned of the risk of disease by climbing on top of a dead humpback whale, even posing inside its mouth for…
A mystery giant skeleton has surfaced on a beach and disappeared again as quickly as it appeared. The four-metre- (13-ft-) long skeleton was photographed on Barra do Una Beach in…
This mother pygmy sperm whale that was found stranded on a beach in northwestern Spain with its tiny calf alongside it apparently died after swallowing a plastic cup. The pygmy…
A rotting 10m long whale carcass has washed up on the famous beach of Copacabana in the south-eastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro yesterday (16 September). A team of…
This is the incredible drone footage of a southern right whale swimming among two kayakers off the coast of Argentina. The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) was filmed by scuba…